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Collection: Birthright Relics

The Cradle Spoon is an arcane focus carved from banded malachite, commissioned by a rich family that considered ordinary silver far too pedestrian for a bloodline that helped found three of the continent’s oldest academies. This spoon lets you size up exactly how much coin someone is carrying just by glancing at them, because a true heir always knows who is worth talking to. The Signet of the Benefactor is the matching ring, a heavy gold seal that quietly siphons residual magic from every spell cast nearby and stores those charges like a trust fund gathering interest. Wear both together to activate the Old Money set bonus.

What other "inherited" magic items do you think a sorcerer of the Privileged Lineage should have?

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Sorcerer Subclass: Privileged Lineage

Dragons and demons are fine, I guess, but some sorcerers are born into a much older and more terrifying power: generational wealth. The Privileged Lineage is a nepo baby spellcaster who trace their magic to a very generous trust fund and a parent who owns a small plane of existence who has never told them no.

Where the Corporate Ladder Barbarian subclass I posted a while back finally snapped under fluorescent lights, this sorcerer thrives in them. They treat adventuring like an extended internship they are already overqualified for and a lifetime of unearned confidence that somehow keeps working. Consequences are for other people.

This is a joke subclass made for urban one-shots and modern settings, the kind of character you roll up when the table needs a villain who thinks they are the hero but behaves like the worst person in the room.

So tell me, what is the most absurdly privileged backstory you can cook up? Are they the scion of an interplanar banking empire?

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Smoldering War Axe Weapon (any axe), Rare (requires attunement)

Forged from blackened steel and jagged obsidian, this axe was quenched in the blood of a fire giant, trapping a fragment of elemental fury within the steel. It also introduces the smoldered condition to your game, a new mechanic that makes fire damage feel truly dangerous and adds an extra layer of threat to the most commonly resisted damage type in D&D 5e. Creatures that catch fire will scream in agony, as even the smallest spark burns them with intense pain.

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Feat: Wellspring of Inspiration

A bard dedicates their life to uplifting others, inspiring courage in weary allies, and turning a missed swing into a legendary hit. This feat from my Specialized Masteries series grants you a personal reserve of creative energy that redefines your Bardic Inspiration into a far more reliable resource for your allies. It also allows you to spend a flicker of your own vitality to ignite a spark of brilliance meant solely for yourself.

It has been a while since the last feat in this series, so as a reminder, Specialized Masteries explores class-exclusive feats designed to deepen a class’s core identity and mechanics. For bards, this means enhancing the inspiration that defines their art and making it feel more rewarding. The feat is designed to be fully compatible with both D&D 5e and the updated 5.5e (2024) rules.

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Transmogrify 4th-level Transmutation | Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You twist an ally's flesh and rebuild it into something monstrous. This spell was built to sit right between Haste and Polymorph because a little mutation and arcane radiation is always a good time. Beast-like, thick fur sprouts, wings burst free, and jagged horns push through their brows etched with a glowing sigil. Their claws crackle with raw energy and become their best weapon, even if Stealth takes a serious hit while they are in this fearsome form. All it takes is a very ripe banana.

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Blightstring Weapon (any bow or crossbow), Rare (requires attunement)

Closing out this grimdark series with a bow that was pried from a ranger whose hands had fused to the grip after years of hunting in the abyss. This item is inspired by Varus from League of Legends, as I felt the ranger subclass would suit that champion's abilities perfectly. The Blightstring is carved from a pale, flesh-like wood and pulses with an eerie heartbeat. Projectiles loosed from it cause the string to contract like a living cord, leaving wounds like a festering mark on the target that may erupt in a gruesome display of rot and corrupted tendrils that drag enemies down and spread like a disease.

This weapon does not let go of its victims, but that also applies to its wielder.

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Feat: Abyssal Fletcher

Turning the remains of the fallen into ammunition is dark but effective. This feat lets any archer harvest bone and sinew from fallen creatures, crafting cursed projectiles that carry the blighted decay of the abyss right into your target's flesh.

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Ranger Subclass: Tarnished Stalker

This is the final entry in this descent into rot and ruin with these dark fantasy-themed subclasses, where I reimagined the ranger as a hunter reshaped by the abyss. The Tarnished Stalker grows extra eyes, a third arm strong enough to brace and fire a heavy crossbow on its own, and leathery hide from years of stalking creatures in the corrupted wilds. These solitary hunters are set apart by their tribes and sent into perilous places, tasked with hunting horrors that would shatter the minds of most adventurers.

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Feat: Curse Touched

Taking cursed magic items has never been more appealing. This feat closes the second week of grimdark archetypes by letting your spellcaster forge a symbiotic bond with hexes and forbidden artifacts, turning each cursed attunement into sharper magic and a lingering, unnatural resilience.

Built for both D&D 5e and the updated 5.5e rules, it’s the perfect finishing piece for the School of Malediction wizard or any character whose story began with a curse they refused to break. What cursed relic has your caster secretly bound themselves to, and what quiet promises did it whisper in return? —

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The Hexbook Wondrous Item, Very Rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

This iron-bound tome once belonged to a witch who was burned at the stake for teaching forbidden magic. As she stood there, she poured a final curse into the book. A ghostly hand fused to the spine acts as a living bookmark, twitching whenever magic is near, while a green crystal embedded in the tome glows faintly with pure malice stored within.

Just be careful, as the book demands results, and failing your spells may cause you to feel a displeased, ghostly hand digging its fingers into your palm. This tome would especially shine in the hands of a School of Malediction wizard, but any spellcaster who dares to bind themselves to a witch’s vengeful legacy and weaponize their enemies’ successes would find it a valuable tool.

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Wizard Subclass: School of Malediction

Following the decaying path of the knight, this second week I am reimagining the classic mage archetype. Instead of scholars studying safely in pristine towers and libraries, the School of Malediction wizards venture into collapsed temples and forbidden crypts, deliberately exposing themselves to ancient curses that most heroes try to avoid. Their mere presence feels deeply unsettling, causing candle flames to gutter without wind and mirrors to reflect things that are not there.

These spellcasters understand that a curse is a living entity, older and far more potent than any traditional spell. They willingly absorb this corrupting magic into their own flesh, acting as hollow vessels to redirect that same suffering outward to strike down their enemies.

What kind of ancient sin or forbidden bargain has left a permanent mark on your wizard, and how is it warping their body and mind?

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Feat: Eroder

A knight’s survival in a dying world often depends on finding the cracks in an enemy’s armor. This feat wraps up the first week of grimdark archetypes, allowing you to turn every splash of acid into a brittle opening, letting your strikes hit with maximum force, and a well-placed attack can shatter their resistance entirely.

The feat is fully compatible with both D&D 5e and the updated 2024 rules, making it the perfect finishing piece for the Rust Knight fighter subclass and this first week of dark fantasy posts.

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Pitted Relic Weapon (any melee weapon), Rare (requires attunement)

This weapon was pulled from the damp earth of forgotten battlefields, where the metal has spent decades absorbing the essence of the fallen. This blade is covered in a living rust that feels more like a parasitic organism than a piece of steel. Wounds it leaves fester stubbornly, refusing to close and carrying infection deeper into the body.

This weapon is the perfect companion for the Rust Knight subclass I shared earlier this week, a cruel tool for any martial character who wants to make sure their enemies stay down by cutting off their ability to recover during the heat of combat. —

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Fighter Subclass: Rust Knight

There is something magnetic about a broken hero. For the first entry in this grim, dark fantasy series, I reimagined the fighter as a knight, not in shining armor but as someone who has fully embraced the inevitable decay of the world.

The Rust Knight transforms their own physical deterioration to their advantage, as the rot that should have killed them instead becomes a spreading plague. The wet creak of rusted joints in their armor, combined with the smell of damp earth and decayed fungi, makes the presence of these knights deeply unsettling. Their weapon strikes deliver bursts of acid that gnaw through armor, while their bodies shrug off poison and disease with an eerie calm.

What kind of plague or curse is your knight hiding under that rusted helm? Let me know if you would play a character who has already accepted their inevitable end.

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Lash of Displacement Weapon (whip), Rare (requires attunement)

✨Post made in collaboration with Green Goblet Games✨

This is the third and final post we’ve made for my "Monster Harvesting" series, crafting magic items from monsters' body parts in a very Monster Hunter style. Braided from the black tentacles of a six-legged feline predator, this whip slips past cover effortlessly, leaving shimmering afterimages with every swing and multiplying into phantom lashes while you blur in and out of an enemy’s vision. Oh, and similarly to the Scepter of the Accursed Eye, this is definitely NOT an item made from a Displacer Beast, for legal reasons…

The image of a rogue whipping a squad of confused bandits with phantom lashes through the air while they stab at shadows.

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Spitting Carapace Armor (shield), Rare (requires attunement)

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This is the second of three posts we’ve made for my "Monster Harvesting" series, crafting magic items from monsters' body parts in a very Monster Hunter style. This bulky shield is made from the severed head of a large Ankheg, still clicking its mandibles and dripping with corrosive acid. Blocking a hit with it lets you spray sticky sludge right back at the attacker or snap the mandibles shut on a foe who misses you with an attack, locking them in place.

The image of a monster-slayer ranger or fighter wearing a monster’s head as a shield sounds really badass…

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Scepter of the Accursed Eye Rod, Rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

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This is the first of three posts we’ve made for my "Monster Harvesting" series, where I adapt creature abilities and lore into magical items you can wear and wield, Monster Hunter style. Carved from petrified wood and topped with a twitching green eye, this scepter reveals your allies’ most embarrassing secrets while helping you pry hidden weaknesses from your enemies. Just try to ignore the constant whispers in your head, or you might find yourself slipping into a short-term form of madness. Oh, and for legal reasons, this is definitely NOT an item made from a Nothic…

Imagine a paranoid warlock or a nosy bard using all this insight to keep the party in check while slowly losing their grip on reality.

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